Here's a few of my OF targets via trade:
1. Jose Martinez, Cardinals, 1B/RF - I don't like his defense at first or OF, but he isn't worse than Kemp and certainly not worse than Castellanos "who has, over the past two seasons, been baseball's worst defensive player." (quoting MLBTR chat, Steve Adams). This kid can really hit and i love his skills with the bat. I also like that they seem to only want a good lefty bullpen arm in return and this kid isn't making any real money yet so we can make him a bench option if we find another outfielder later.
2. Peralta, OF, D'Backs - Hits righties very well and his struggles vs lefties are no concern since we have Camargo/Duvall to play vs them.
3. Santana, OF, Brewers - Hits righties very well and had a big season just a year ago including 30 homers. Brewers are said to be willing to move an outfielder so depends on the cost.
Last edited by Braves1976; 12-18-2018 at 05:45 PM.
The dodgers got 142 games with 500+ PAs last season from kemp while improving his def value according to fangraphs. We were able to improve markakis' def value I suppose by positioning him better. Can we get do the same with Martinez or Castellanos? Duvall is a good defender to replace one of them late.
clvclv (12-18-2018), jpx7 (12-18-2018), The Chosen One (12-18-2018)
Puig Plenty of options
Pederson
Santana
Renfroe
Castellanos
Martinez
I can't believe what I'm reading...
Kemp was still a terrible defender...ranking #75 of 87 qualified OFers in Catch Percentage Added. He is terrible. He will always be terrible. He is not an option.
Castellanos was even worse, ranking #85 on the same list. He is also not an option.
Martinez didn't log enough time in the OF to qualify, but of the 204 OFers with 25+ chances, he ranked #195.
Camargo's below avergae spring speed of 26.3 is slower than Markakis, and he doesn't have thousands of innings of experience Markakis does. Nothing suggests he would be anything other than bad in the OF.
These are not viable OF solutions for a contending team. They are awful ideas.
Puig would be on my list too. I just doubt that happens. I am fine with him too though.